<div dir="ltr">I just had a look at the list to see if I could find when I first posted but I think we moved to a new server in November 2004 so it's just everyone introducing themselves 20 years ago :)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 at 12:36, David Roman-Halliday <<a href="mailto:david.halliday@gmail.com">david.halliday@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What a blast from the past!<div><br></div><div>I remember turning up in Dover, having been out the night before (if I drank like that now, I'd be unable to function, never mind going to a LUG). I learned a lot from the group and it helped me professionally, not just because someone told me their company was looking for someone with my skill set, where I ended up meeting my wife.</div><div><br></div><div>I moved to Ubuntu very quickly, after realising that it was just quicker to get up and running than doing more by hand in Debian.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm still using Linux for professional work (less now than a few years ago when I was getting my hands dirty often), managed VMs and layers of service take much of the work out of it. Personally, I have a hosted Linux VM for a collection of personal projects. With most services being cloud based, OS on the personal computer has become less and less relevant. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 02:14, George Prowse via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm still on Linux, although I'm using various variants of Ubuntu instead of building everything from scratch in Gentoo</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 at 09:06, Kevin Groves via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Yeah. Well, Linux is so much easier now than back when we had
install days :-)</p>
<p>Still using Linux pretty much everywhere at home and work, and on
so many devices too. Though at the moment I'm focusing on retro
systems and building Z80 machines.</p>
<p>Agree with Steam Windows. I can't believe I'm able to play AAA
Windows games on Linux. They have done an amazing job. :-)</p>
<p><br>
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<p>Kev<br>
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<div>On 26/06/2024 9:58 pm, James wrote:<br>
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<div>Ha! Had forgotten all about this mailing list! <br>
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<div>I still use Linux at home. Was an Arch Linux user for a
while but I stopped coding and getting my hands dirty with the
system, and maintaining Arch became too much of a chore!<br>
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<div>Been using Fedora for maybe two years now, but I do miss
Arch's package manager, and user repository.<br>
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<div>Steam Windows games compatibility is pretty decent now.<br>
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<div>James <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 at 16:35,
Kevin Groves via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi
all,<br>
<br>
Been somewhat distracted with numerous projects over the last
few years.<br>
<br>
While trawling one discarded project to bring back to life I
notice KLUG <br>
hits 20 years old on this mailing list system in November. Of
course it <br>
is older than that as I previously ran the mailing list one
another <br>
platform.<br>
<br>
Wow, where has that time gone and how different Linux has
become.<br>
<br>
Anyway, back to the slumber ;-)<br>
<br>
Kev<br>
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